Former youth pastor Christopher Hensley (35) died on June 15 while being restrained by North Carolina’s Fletcher Police Department after he allegedly struggled with officers following a domestic disturbance call. Hensley served as North Carolina’s Rapha House Church’s youth pastor for a little over a year in 2017-2018. Rapha House’s senior pastor Greg … [Read more...] about Former Youth Pastor Dies While Being Restrained by Police During Domestic Disturbance Call
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Violence Against Pregnancy Support Centers on the Rise
By Scott Barkley NASHVILLE (BP) – An increase in attacks on pro-life centers has led those groups to call for prayer and protection. On the morning of June 7, Mountain Area Pregnancy Services in Asheville, N.C., shared pictures of vandalism that had occurred at its offices overnight, including threatening messages spray-painted in red and shattered and broken … [Read more...] about Violence Against Pregnancy Support Centers on the Rise
30 Cases in a Month: Abortion, Guns Top Justices’ To-Do List
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public are long-sought goals of the conservative legal movement that the Supreme Court seems poised to deliver within the next month. The justices also could ease the use of public funds for religious schooling and constrain Biden … [Read more...] about 30 Cases in a Month: Abortion, Guns Top Justices’ To-Do List
Uvalde Tells Biden to ‘Do Something’; He Pledges ‘We Will’
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden grieved with the shattered community of Uvalde on Sunday, mourning privately for three hours with anguished families of the 19 schoolchildren and two teachers killed by a gunman. Faced with chants of “do something” as he departed a church service, Biden pledged: “We will.” At Robb Elementary School, Biden visited a memorial of 21 … [Read more...] about Uvalde Tells Biden to ‘Do Something’; He Pledges ‘We Will’
‘She Died Trying to Save Her Classmates’: Dad’s Heartbreaking Revelation About Daughter’s Final Moments During Texas School Shooting
(Faithwire) A grieving father who lost his young daughter Tuesday in the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, told CNN his child “died trying to save her classmates.” Angel Garza told CNN’s Anderson Cooper his child, Amerie Jo Garza, 10, whom he described as “the sweetest little girl,” tried to use her cell phone to call the police when the … [Read more...] about ‘She Died Trying to Save Her Classmates’: Dad’s Heartbreaking Revelation About Daughter’s Final Moments During Texas School Shooting